TripAdvisor Reviews Shin-Osaka Station Hotel

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... br> 2. I know this will sound stupid because we are in Japan but it was just really odd to have SpiderMan and Dumbledore speaking to you in Japanese. It meant I didn't know what was going on in some of the attractions or at the Beetlejuice show.

3. The weather- pure bad luck.

What I liked about it was:

1. The Japanese are fanatical and up for such a laugh. They didn't think twice about buying a big fluffy Elmo hat and wearing it ...

The apartment was small, but it had everything necessary. I also had a laundry facility on the ground floor, so it was practically perfect. When I told Nami-san that I wanted to go to the Tenjin Matsuri (The Gods Festival) she gave me directions as well as were to go before, during and after the parades. That information proved invaluable the day of the festival.

... of visitors into the Jingu but soon we were absorbed by the beauty of the Shidare Sakura hanging from bamboo frames (sakura with drooping branches) with the carefully groomed pine trees and the their reflection in the clear pond.

We then took a taxi to Kiyomizu dera 清水寺, a famous shrine made famous by its clear water. We walked up the busy Matsubara Dori 松原通, ...

We picked up maps and info sheets in the Passenger Terminal, which also had an internet area and a tea making demo area, and yet other areas . Without quite knowing how it was done, we found ourselves being encouraged by smiling and gracious kimono-clad ladies to please, please, please enter here, and please, please, please take off our clumpy shoes and light-rain coats and warm jackets. Please, please, please lift your hand ...